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Kupzyk, Sara; Daly, Edward J., III; Ihlo, Tanya; Young, Nicholas D. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Response to Intervention provides a continuum of instruction across intensity levels through multitiered intervention models. A lot of work to date has been devoted to how to configure tiers to ensure the appropriate increases in intensity. Much less work has been devoted to making adjustments "within" tiers to attempt to forestall the need for…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Fidelity
Bragg, Debra D., Ed.; Taylor, Jason L., Ed. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
This edition features current research, practice, and policy related to the Joyce Foundation's Shifting Gears initiative beginning with an interview with Whitney Smith, Manager of the Employment Program at the Joyce Foundation. Julie Strawn, Center for Law and Social Policy, presents a national perspective of basic skills reform efforts similar to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Interviews, Educational Strategies, Formative Evaluation
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Lovell, Ned; Kennedy, Larry – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Offers a form for determining the scope and sequence of skills in implementing a study skills curriculum. (JW)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Grand Rapids Public Schools, MI. – 1993
The Computer Assisted Basic Skills project was conducted during the 1991-92 academic year in the Grand Rapids Public Schools in Michigan to develop a model that would provide adult educators with a framework for developing and/or redesigning a computer-assisted instructional (CAI) program for basic skills instruction. Existing models and model…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Graeber, Anna O. – 1980
This paper describes an instructional improvement approach which aims to assist educational systems to enhance their capabilities to plan and implement effective improvements in their basic skills programs, and illustrates how research on implementation and dissemination is used in the design and development of the approach. Four elements of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Developmental Programs, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Cookson, Peter S. – 1987
Community-based, or inmate-run, literacy programs are a significant alternative to literacy programs run by those outside the correctional institution. Such programs provide meaningful self-involvement and opportunity for the development of problem-solving skills for the inmates. Beginning in the spring of 1984, the Institute for the Study of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Education
Garner, Barbara – 1994
This manual describes an effective, cost- and time-efficient approach to basic education and vocational training for adults. The approach was developed during a pilot project in Massachusetts that featured the following: capitalizing on students' interests, hands-on vocational training, the expectation that students' motivation to learn a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Guidelines, Job Development
Hohn, Marcia Drew – Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports, 1997
This report explores one avenue for health education and promotion for audiences with low literacy levels: embedding empowerment health education directly in adult literacy programs. This approach emerged through participatory action research (PAR). The four sections correspond to the four questions around which the PAR process organizes the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Compensatory/Bilingual Education. – 1989
This resource manual for administrators, supervisors, and teachers was developed to foster the effective use of the in-class instructional model in basic skills improvement (BSI) programs in elementary schools. Funded by federal, state, and local sources, BSI programs are designed to be coordinated with school districts' developmental programs to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
Cort, Maureen A.; Pappalardo, Michele F.; Gonzalez, Manuel A. – 1999
This manual was developed by a project to create a model program that integrates basic skills instruction with requirements of welfare reform, and the project's final report describes activities taken to develop the manual. The report details the problem, goals, procedures, objectives met and not met, and an evaluation. The manual is designed to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Employment Services
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
The series "Self-instructional Notes on Social Participation" is a six-volume series intended as teaching aids for adult educators. The theoretical, methodological, informative and practical elements of this series will assist professionals in their work and help them achieve greater success. The specific purpose of each notebook is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Watt, David M.; Jones, Paul – 1993
Any proposal for training has to satisfy two major components: it must be job relevant and be accomplished without major interruption of work schedules, while incorporating strategies to help eliminate absenteeism. One recently developed model for basic skills training, the Immersion Instructional Model, meets these criteria and provides…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Employee Absenteeism
Alamprese, Judith A.; Kay, Ann – 1993
An evaluation assessed the effectiveness of the Skills Enhancement Training (SET) project that developed a partnership between an employee benefits trust fund and the AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute. Data about the effectiveness of the partnership model, impact of the instructor training and technical assistance, and impact on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Cooks, Dining Facilities
1979
The document provides a process model for a competency-based adult high school diploma program. Following an overview, the document is arranged into nine chapters. Chapter 1 focuses on starting such a program and gives suggestions for conducting needs assessment, setting up a planning group, implementing adult basic education awareness activities,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Belcher, James O.; Warmbrod, Catharine P. – 1987
This monograph is part of OPTIONS, a packaged set of materials developed to provide postsecondary administrators, program planners, curriculum developers, counselors, and instructors with up-to-date, reliable information. This volume and two other monographs are intended to enable counselors and instructors to establish and conduct special…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education
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